Presents a firsthand account of life among the Lacandon Indians of Nahá in southern Mexico which is a community whose genealogy has been obscured by the absence of a written traditon, and may be traced back linguistically and culturally to the great Maya civilization.

"Poems written between 1982-92 by the Guatemalan folklorist after leaving his country for the US. Themes include violence of war, exile, continuity with the past, and love for homeland. Lyrical, direct voice captured skillfully and movingly by translations. En face; no supporting material beyond short biographical paragraph and a few notes"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.